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That's great. It really shows the bass as a harmony instrument.

This is an EH LPB-1 with a pot swap foot-switch added (on the left in the piccie below). This means I can toggle between two levels of boost. The off-board wiring took a bit of ninja soldering; Then added the vero-board; And I can toggle between the red channel and the green channel with a multi-colour LED wired up to match. The Amber LED is the on-off indicater. I can pre-select the channel I want with the left foot switch before stepping on the right on-off switch, or I can toggle between the two while it's on.

That's good! thanks.

Ridiculously brilliant!

Joyo American Sound. Can't go wrong at ~£25.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1432849973' post='2785693'] For guitars, they are the two best sounding HB guitar distortions, in my subjective opinion. I went through all of the Harley Benton distortions and listened to the samples. (Sad, but true ). If they are good for bass too, then it's very likely that I will buy them at some point. [/quote] [url="http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Overdrive-Pedals.html"]This guy[/url] likes them! You have to scroll right down to the bottom for 'manufactured pedals'. I have the American - love it on bass (and guitar).

The two most popular bass distortion pedals are the American Sound and the Ultimate Drive. Thomann are doing them both under the Harley Benton banner.

I'll be watching with interest as I quite fancy putting a reverse P in to my SUB ray 4.

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/tc_electronic_rs_112.htm"]This[/url].

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1432296383' post='2780128'] Oh it's only a Trooper Boost to put on a mini board for me. I figure pink enclosure, pink knob, pink wiring. If it goes well, I'll do a little run in October for Breast Cancer awareness That said, I hate working with 1590a, so we'll see how my patience work out haha. Could always up to a 1590B Si [/quote] Sounds good. We're just organising a Breast Cancer charity concert for October. We're calling it Breast Fest.

C'mon Si, gizza clue as to what you're building.

Why do the amp experts have to be so old?

That's great. Congratulations.

I've got a TC BG250-208 (when they were the same price as the BH250). I find it fine, but the TonePrint is unusable for live gigging so best not to factor it into your choice. I leave it on a subtle vibrato and never touch it.

That is a thing of beauty and I do not, in any way, covet it. Not one little bit. At all. No. *sigh*

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431350833' post='2770266'] A disappointing number of singers I've had the misfortune to meet have not bothered to do this. Why? Because they are deluded, narcissistic chancers who believe they have God-given talent and you should think yourself lucky to be in the same room as them. I think they are worthless, feckless, lazy bastards who should be lashed until they drop. These are just opinions, of course. [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431371865' post='2770670'] That's the other thing - singers that won't learn how to sing inevitably can't be bothered to learn lyrics, either - I hate it when singers don't know the words and then either bluff it through by mumbling, or make up words as they go along. The worst one I've seen is a singer blatantly reading lyrics from a phone at a gig, which looks so bloody bad you can hardly believe it! Lazy, lazy, feckless bastards!! [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431375939' post='2770742'] Some singers seem to have the attitude that if they've turned up at all you should be grateful. And while I'm on, what's with all this carrying around scraps of paper and tatty notebooks with lyrics written down? Is it to make them look important? I've taken the trouble to learn my bass lines well enough that I don't have to consult any literature while I'm playing, so why do vocalists think that it's OK to peer myopically through their bifocals at their spidery handwriting when singing? This is bad enough at rehearsal (they should have learned their crap at home, rehearsal isn't for learning stuff), but when they do it at gigs (whether it's my band or not) it makes me want to punch them! AND ANOTHER THING, they can't (or won't) count bars, either! They routinely come in too late or too fricking early, or not at all! THEY'RE NOT PROPER BLOODY MUSICIANS! Stupid fecking worthless unprofessional bastards!! They must be lashed!! There, I've said it. [/quote] You were bitten by a singer when you were a child, weren't you!

Discreet speaks sense. My last two bands (about 14 years total) have used Behringer desks, compressors and e/q and they've performed faultlessly every time.

We're blessed with an absolutely fabulous singer.... and she still has lessons because she wants to be even better. She records all our rehearsals so she can listen back to herself to pick up any points for improvement.

We're a functions band so we can do 3 hours if that's what's wanted.

A posh wedding at a farmhouse outside Wokingham. The sound on-stage (actually; on-stone floor in a corner under a low ceiling) was awful - but fine out front. The guests danced the night away and the bride and groom were really pleased. The bride's mother was very greatful, as we were a replacement for a big-band and she sais we were perfect. And we got a pig roast!

The Joyo Ultimate Drive is considered to be excellent on bass and a real bargain. (If you can get past the graphics!!!)

[quote name='Joeyfivebags' timestamp='1431078965' post='2767537'] Mid 50s strats go for about 20 grand so yeah slightly overpriced for a volume knob all things considered. [/quote] mmmm - not according to [url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-FENDER-STRATOCASTER-MUSEUM-PIECE-1954-1956-1957-1958-1959-Vintage-Strat/271841044784?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D30544%26meid%3D11125a5db42b4a6997a97a7cf45ada2a%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D151227520008&rt=nc"]this[/url] !!

[quote name='KingPrawn' timestamp='1431019081' post='2767000'] It is from the head into one cab then link 1st to the 2nd? [/quote] Yep - that's the way.

Wouldn't [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/261550-fender-rumble-v3-210-cab-2-weeks-old-l240/"]this[/url] fit the bill?

If I bought that tuner I'd be in for the high-jump from MrsB.